Change Instance Hostname Permanently on OCI Oracle Cloud

I noticed that when I changed the hostname in OCI compute instance and when the server was rebooted  the instance hostname changed back to the default hostname.

Followed below steps to permanently preserve the hostname even after the server got rebooted.

Do all the below steps as root user. 

Step 1. Update this file /etc/oci-hostname.conf set the value of PRESERVE_HOSTINFO to 2.

$ vi /etc/oci-hostname.conf

PRESERVE_HOSTINFO=2

This change will be persistent across reboots.

Step 2.Edit /etc/sysconfig/network Here in this file change the parameter value for "hostname"

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network

NETWORKING=yes

HOSTNAME=<new_hostname> ← — — — — Update this value and set the name of server to be preserved. 

Step 3.Update the /etc/hostname file with the below command.

$ hostnamectl set-hostname <new_hostname>

This way even after the server is rebooted it will preserve the new hostname and will not revert back. 

Add SWAP space on Linux

 

Follow the below steps to add SWAP Space on Linux

When applying Oracle EBS patches using ADOP utility you may encounter an error that there is not enough SWAP memory on the server. Follow below steps to add SWAP file on the server. To check the swap size you can run 'free' command. 

1. Login as root user:

   % su
   Password: root-password

2. Create a file in a selected directory to add swap space by typing:

   dd if=/dev/zero of=/dir/myswapfile bs=1024 count=number_blocks_needed

   where dir is a directory in which you have permission to add swap space. The myswapfile is the name of the swap file you are creating. The number_blocks_needed is an amount of 1024-byte blocks you want to create. See the dd(1) man page for more information.

3. Verify that the file was created by typing:

   ls -l /dir/myswapfile

   The new file appears in the directory.

4. Initialize the new swap area by typing:

   mkswap /dir/myswapfile

   
   

5. Run the swapon command to enable the new swap space for paging and swapping by typing the following:

   swapon -a /dir/myswapfile

6. Verify that the extra swap space was added by typing:

   swapon -s

   The output shows the allocated swap space.

Pass Username & Password On Command Line To any utility

The goal of this small article is to answer how to pass the apps password on the command line to the utilities like sqlplus, adcgnjar, etc.

Use the following command:

$ { sleep 1s; echo apps; sleep 1s; echo appspassword;} | adcgnjar

$ { sleep 1s; echo apps; sleep 1s; echo appspassword;} | sqlplus

NOTE: The first "echo" instruction should contain the apps user name and second the password.

For example,

[ed-olraclin01@oracle ~]$ { sleep 1s; echo apps; sleep 1s; echo appspasswordHere;} | adcgnjar

[ed-olraclin01@oracle ~]$ { sleep 1s; echo apps; sleep 1s; echo appspasswordHere;} | sqlplus

SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.5.0 - Production on Tue Dec 21 13:18:05 2021

Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Enter user-name: Enter password:

Connected to:

Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production

SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production

[ed-olraclin01@oracle ~]$

-->Below statement will run the SQL script present in a specific directory after it connects as APPS user,

[ed-olraclin01@oracle ~]$ { sleep 1s; echo appspasswordHere;} | sqlplus APPS @$HOME/AnyScriptToBeRun.sql

Note after it connects and run the script it exits and come back to the OS command prompt. 

sosreport on Oracle Linux

The "sosreport" is a tool to collect troubleshooting data on an Oracle Linux system. It generates a compressed tarball of debugging information that gives an overview of the most important logs and configuration of a Linux system, to be sent to Support.

To run sosreport, the package "sos" must be installed. This is usually installed by default, unless the system was installed with a custom package set. If it is not installed, it can be installed from ULN with up2date, the public Oracle Linux repository or from installation media. It is also a good idea to make sure it is up to date.

To create the sosreport can be as simple as running the command in a terminal, without arguments, as root. It will ask for some information related to a support case:

sosreport - Collect and package diagnostic and support data
       sosreport
                 [-l|--list-plugins]
                 [-n|--skip-plugins plugin-names]
                 [-e|--enable-plugins plugin-names]
                 [-o|--only-plugins plugin-names]
                 [-a|--alloptions] [-v|--verbose]
                 [-k plug.opt|--plugin-option plug.opt]
                 [--no-report] [--config-file conf]
                 [--batch] [--build] [--debug]
                 [--name name] [--case-id id] [--ticket-number nr]
                 [-s|--sysroot SYSROOT]
                 [-c|--chroot {auto|always|never}
                 [--tmp-dir directory]
                 [-p|--profile profile-name]
                 [--list-profiles]
                 [--verify]
                 [--log-size]
                 [--all-logs]
                 [-z|--compression-type method]
                 [-h|--help]

[root@ed-olapplin ~]# sosreport
sosreport (version 3.2)
This command will collect diagnostic and configuration information from
this Oracle Linux system and installed applications.
An archive containing the collected information will be generated in
/var/tmp and may be provided to a Oracle America support representative.
Any information provided to Oracle America will be treated in accordance
with the published support policies at:
  http://linux.oracle.com/
The generated archive may contain data considered sensitive and its
content should be reviewed by the originating organization before being
passed to any third party.
No changes will be made to system configuration.
Press ENTER to continue, or CTRL-C to quit.
Please enter your first initial and last name [oiamsrv1]: samimalik
Please enter the case id that you are generating this report for []: 3-20357148151
 Setting up archive ...
 Setting up plugins ...
 Running plugins. Please wait ...
  Running 94/94: yum...
Creating compressed archive...
Your sosreport has been generated and saved in:
  /var/tmp/sosreport-samimalik.3-20357148151-20190623131837.tar.xz
The checksum is: d89277f92af08849d7e7b275198b74f0
Please send this file to your support representative.
[root@ed-olapplin ~]#

[root@ed-olapplin ~]# sosreport -l
sosreport (version 3.2)
The following plugins are currently enabled:
 abrt                 Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
 acpid                ACPI daemon information
 anaconda             Anaconda installer
 anacron              Anacron job scheduling service
 ata                  ATA and IDE information
 auditd               Audit daemon information
 block                Block device information
 boot                 Bootloader information
 ceph                 CEPH distributed storage
 cgroups              Control groups subsystem
 chrony               Chrony clock (for Network time protocol)
 cron                 Cron job scheduler
 cups                 CUPS IPP print service
 dbus                 D-Bus message bus
 devicemapper         device-mapper framework
 devices              devices specific commands
 dmraid               dmraid software RAID
 etcd                 etcd plugin
 fcoe                 Fibre Channel over Ethernet
 filesys              Local file systems
 firewalld            Firewall daemon
 gdm                  GNOME display manager
 general              general system information
 gluster              GlusterFS storage
 grub2                GRUB2 bootloader
 hardware             General hardware information
 hardwaretestsuite    Red Hat Hardware Test Suite
 i18n                 Internationalization
 infiniband           Infiniband data
 ipvs                 Linux IP virtual server
 iscsi                iSCSI initiator
 java                 Java runtime
 kdump                Kdump crash dumps
 keepalived           Keepalived routing server
 kernel               Linux kernel
 keyutils             Kernel key ring
 krb5                 Kerberos authentication
 kubernetes           Kubernetes plugin
 kvm                  Kernel virtual machine
 last                 login information
 ldap                 LDAP configuration
 libraries            Dynamic shared libraries
 libvirt              libvirt virtualization API
 logrotate            LogRotate service
 logs                 System logs
 lsbrelease           Linux standard base
 lvm2                 LVM2 volume manager
 md                   MD RAID subsystem
 megacli              LSI MegaRAID devices
 memory               Memory configuration and use
 mrggrid              MRG GRID engine
 mrgmessg             MRG Messaging subsystem
 multipath            Device-mapper multipath tools
 networking           network and device configuration
 nfs                  Network file system information
 nis                  Network information service
 numa                 NUMA state and configuration
 oddjob               OddJob task scheduler
 openhpi              Open Hardware Platform Interface
 openshift            Openshift node and broker
 openssl              openssl related information
 openswan             Openswan IPsec
 pam                  Pluggable Authentication Modules
 pci                  PCI devices
 postfix              Postfix smtp server
 ppp                  Point-to-point protocol
 process              process information
 processor            CPU information
 psacct               Process accounting information
 puppet               Puppet service
 python               Python runtime
 rpm                  RPM Package Manager
 samba                Samba Windows interoperability
 sar                  System Activity Reporter
 scsi                 SCSI devices
 selinux              SELinux access control
 services             System services
 snmp                 Simple network management protocol
 soundcard            Sound devices
 ssh                  Secure shell service
 system               core system information
 systemd              System management daemon
 systemtap            SystemTap dynamic instrumentation
 sysvipc              SysV IPC
 teamd                Network interface teaming
 tuned                Tuned system tuning daemon
 udev                 udev dynamic device management
 usb                  USB devices
 vhostmd              vhostmd virtualization metrics collection
 virsh                client for libvirt virtualization API
 x11                  X windowing system
 xen                  Xen virtualization
 xfs                  XFS filesystem
 yum                  yum information
The following plugins are currently disabled:
 activemq             inactive       ActiveMQ message broker
 apache               inactive       Apache http daemon
 autofs               inactive       Autofs on-demand automounter
 cluster              inactive       Red Hat Cluster High Availability and GFS2
 cobbler              inactive       Cobbler installation server
 corosync             inactive       Corosync cluster engine
 certificatesystem    inactive       Certificate System and Dogtag
 ctdb                 inactive       Samba Clustered TDB
 dhcp                 inactive       DHCP daemon
 distupgrade          inactive       Distribution upgrade data
 docker               inactive       Docker containers
 dovecot              inactive       dovecot server related information
 directoryserver      inactive       Directory Server
 foreman              inactive       Foreman/Satellite 6 systems management
 grub                 inactive       GRUB bootloader
 haproxy              inactive       HAProxy load balancer
 hpasm                inactive       HP Advanced Server Management
 ipa                  inactive       Identity, policy, audit
 iprconfig            inactive       IBM Power RAID storage adapter configuration information
 ipsec                inactive       Internet protocol security
 iscsitarget          inactive       iSCSI target
 kernelrt             inactive       Realtime kernel variant
 kimchi               inactive       kimchi-related information
 kpatch               inactive       Kpatch information
 lilo                 inactive       Lilo bootloader
 mongodb              inactive       MongoDB document database
 mpt                  inactive       LSI Message Passing Technology
 mysql                inactive       MySQL and MariaDB RDBMS
 named                inactive       BIND named server
 navicli              inactive       EMC Navicli
 nfsserver            inactive       NFS server information
 nscd                 inactive       Name service caching daemon
 ntp                  inactive       Network time protocol
 openstack_ceilometer inactive       Openstack Ceilometer
 openstack_cinder     inactive       OpenStack cinder
 openstack_glance     inactive       OpenStack Glance
 openstack_heat       inactive       OpenStack Heat
 openstack_horizon    inactive       OpenStack Horizon
 openstack_keystone   inactive       OpenStack Keystone
 openstack_neutron    inactive       OpenStack Networking
 openstack_nova       inactive       OpenStack Nova
 openstack_sahara     inactive       OpenStack sahara related information for Red Hat distributions.
 openstack_swift      inactive       OpenStack Swift
 openstack_trove      inactive       OpenStack Trove
 openvswitch          inactive       OpenVSwitch networking
 ovirt                inactive       oVirt Engine
 ovirt_hosted_engine  inactive       oVirt Hosted Engine
 pcp                  inactive       Performance Co-Pilot data
 postgresql           inactive       PostgreSQL RDBMS
 powerpath            inactive       EMC PowerPath
 powerpc              inactive       IBM Power systems
 ptp                  inactive       Precision time protocol
 pxe                  inactive       PXE service
 qpid                 inactive       Qpid messaging
 quagga               inactive       Quagga routing service
 rabbitmq             inactive       RabbitMQ messaging service
 radius               inactive       RADIUS service information
 rhui                 inactive       Red Hat Update Infrastructure
 s390                 inactive       IBM S/390
 sanlock              inactive       SANlock daemon
 saphana              inactive       SAP HANA
 sapnw                inactive       SAP NetWeaver
 satellite            inactive       RHN Satellite and Spacewalk
 sendmail             inactive       sendmail service
 smartcard            inactive       PKCS#11 smart cards
 squid                inactive       Squid caching proxy
 ssmtp                inactive       sSMTP information
 sssd                 inactive       System security service daemon
 sunrpc               inactive       Sun RPC service
 symcli               inactive       EMC Symcli
 tftpserver           inactive       TFTP server
 tomcat               inactive       Apache Tomcat server
 upstart              inactive       Upstart init system
 veritas              inactive       Veritas software
 vmware               inactive       VMWare client information
 vsftpd               inactive       Vsftpd server
 xinetd               inactive       xinetd information
The following plugin options are available:
 abrt.backtraces           off             collect backtraces for every report
 boot.all-images           off             collect lsinitrd for all images
 ceph.log                  off             gathers all ceph logs
 dmraid.metadata           off             capture dmraid device metadata
 filesys.lsof              off             gathers information on all open files
 filesys.dumpe2fs          off             dump filesystem information
 kubernetes.podslog        off             capture logs for pods
 libraries.ldconfigv       off             collect verbose ldconfig output
 logs.log_days             3               the number of days logs to collect
 lvm2.lvmdump              off             collect an lvmdump tarball
 lvm2.lvmdump-am           off             attempt to collect an lvmdump with advanced options and raw metadata collection
 networking.traceroute     off             collects a traceroute to www.example.com
 openshift.broker          off             Gathers broker specific files
 openshift.node            off             Gathers node specific files
 openswan.ipsec-barf       off             collect the output of the ipsec barf command
 psacct.all                off             collect all process accounting files
 rpm.rpmq                  on              queries for package information via rpm -q
 rpm.rpmva                 off             runs a verify on all packages
 sar.all_sar               off             gather all system activity records
 selinux.fixfiles          off             Print incorrect file context labels
 selinux.list              off             List objects and their context
 services.servicestatus    off             get a status of all running services
 xfs.logprint              off             gathers the log information
 yum.yumlist               off             list repositories and packages
 yum.yumdebug              off             gather yum debugging data
 Profiles: boot, cluster, debug, desktop, hardware, identity, java,
           kernel, mail, memory, mrg, network, nfs, openshift,
           openstack, packagemanager, performance, sap, security,
           services, storage, sysmgmt, system, virt, webserver
 25 profiles, 94 plugins
If the system has a lot of packages installed, and sosreport takes a long time to complete, support may request that you disable the rpm database verification (verifies all packaged files on the filesystem against the rpm database)
# sosreport -k rpm.rpmva=off

Set Up SSH on EBS Application Nodes & RAC Database Nodes

Set Up Secure Shell SSH on EBS Application 12.2.x Tier Nodes

In a multi-node environment, adop commands are invoked by a user on the primary node. Internally, adop uses Secure Shell (ssh) to automatically execute required patching actions on all secondary nodes. You must set up passwordless SSH connectivity from the primary node to all secondary nodes.
Note: Rapid Install and Rapid Clone set up the SSH key infrastructure.

*Steps to setup SSH manually
The ssh-keygen command is used to generate a private/public key pair.  The private key is for the node from where all the remote nodes will subsequently be accessible by an ssh login that requires no password. The public key must be copied to each remote node's <User_Home_Directory>/.ssh directory.
In essence, the sequence is as follows:
1.The following command initiates creation of the key pair:
# ssh-keygen -t rsa
Note: The <Enter> key should be pressed instead of a passphrase being entered.
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/u01/user2/.ssh/id_rsa):<Enter>
Enter passphrase:<Enter>
Enter same passphrase again:<Enter>
Your identification has been saved in /u01/user2/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /u01/user2/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is: 16:d0:e2:dd:37:2f:8e:d5:59:3e:12:9d:2f:12:1e:5a

2.The private key is saved in <User_Home_Directory>/.ssh/id_rsa
Important: As this read-only file is used to decrypt all correspondence encrypted with the public key, its contents must not be shared with anyone.
3.The public key is saved in <User_Home_Directory>/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
4.The contents of the public key are then copied to the <User_Home_Directory>/.ssh /authorized_keys file on the systems you subsequently wish to SSH to without being prompted for a password.
# scp -pr /u01/user2/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user2@system1:/u01/user2/.ssh/authorized_keys
user2@system1's password:<Enter user2 on system1 OS user password here>
id_rsa.pub 100% 398 0.4KB/s 00:00

# ssh user2@system1
Note: If you receive this message, it can safely be ignored: Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

 Once this has been done for the relevant operating system account on all nodes - that is, ssh can log in from the primary node to each secondary node without entering a password - so you are ready to run adop on multiple application tier nodes. It must be run on at least the master (admin) node: from there, it will attempt to contact all the other application tier nodes that are part of the same Oracle E-Business Suite instance, and will run the required steps remotely on those nodes.

*Steps to setup SSH using txkRunSSHSetup.pl Script on EBS Application Nodes
Important: If you change the password for the relevant operating system account on one or more nodes, you must regenerate the SSH credentials either using the $AD_TOP/patch/115/bin/txkRunSSHSetup.pl script, or your own native solution if you prefer.

The txkRunSSHSetup.pl script has a -help option that shows relevant usage options. 

For example, a basic command to enable ssh would be:
$ perl $AD_TOP/patch/115/bin/txkRunSSHSetup.pl enablessh -contextfile=<CONTEXT_FILE> -hosts=h1,h2,h3$

To verify ssh operation:
$ perl $AD_TOP/patch/115/bin/txkRunSSHSetup.pl verifyssh -contextfile=<CONTEXT_FILE> -hosts=h1,h2,h3 -invalidnodefile=<filename to report ssh verification failures>

 To disable ssh:
$ perl $AD_TOP/patch/115/bin/txkRunSSHSetup.pl disablessh -contextfile=<CONTEXT_FILE> -hosts=h1,h2,h3 -invalidnodefile=<filename to report ssh verification failures>

Set Up Secure Shell SSH on RAC Database Nodes

With Oracle Database 11g Release 2, Oracle provides an extremely useful script to establish and exchange ssh keys between all the nodes of the cluster called sshUserSetup.sh. This script is available to everyone from the installation media in the grid/sshsetup sub-directory.
This little shell script comes in handy if you are cloning Oracle RAC clusters and do not want to leverage the GUI tools. If you trying to automate Oracle RAC build deployments, it is a must have tool for the DBAs.
Without setting up ssh keys, the cluvfy script will fail and spit out the following error:
? 1 ERROR: User equivalence unavailable on all the nodes. Verification cannot proceed.

The following example demonstrates the sshUserSetup script executed on a 2-node RAC called rac1 and rac2:
[oracle@rac1 sshsetup]$ pwd
/nfs/software/12c/grid/sshsetup
[oracle@rac1 home]$ cd /nfs/software/12c/grid/sshsetup/
[oracle@rac1 sshsetup]$ ./sshUserSetup.sh -user oracle -hosts "rac1 rac2" -noPromptPassphrase -advanced -exverify
The output of this script is also logged into /tmp/sshUserSetup_2017-10-12-15-30-00.log

For any queries related to this article, please email me, samiappsdba@gmail.com

Oracle EBS R12.2.x Vision Instance Installation

This is a step by step detailed article for Installing Oracle E-business suite R12.2 on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.7 (64-bit) Operating System.
Minimum Hardware requirement to install Oracle EBS 12.2.x version is:
CPU=2 cores
RAM=8GB
HDD=400GB for Vision Instance or HDD=200GB for Fresh Production Instance.

Firstly prepare a Hardware or a Virtual machine with the above configuration and with Operating system of Oracle Linux 5.7 64-bit installed.

Then follow the below installation steps,

1. OS Pre-requisites
2. Prepare Stage Area
3. Install Oracle EBS R12.2 software
4. Verify Installation

1. OS Pre-requisites
- create OS group, user and directories:
[root@ed-olerplin1 home]# groupadd -g 501 oinstall
[root@ed-olerplin1 home]# groupadd -g 502 dba
[root@ed-olerplin1 home]# useradd -u 555 -g oinstall -G dba soradba
[root@ed-olerplin1 home]# passwd soradba
[root@ed-olerplin1 home]# useradd -u 556 -g oinstall -G dba sapplmgr
[root@ed-olerplin1 home]# passwd sapplmgr

- Create directories and change permissions:

[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# mkdir -p /u04/vis_ora
[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# mkdir -p /u04/vis_appl
[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# chmod -R 775 /u04/vis_*
[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# chown -R soradba:dba /u04/vis_ora
[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# chown -R sapplmgr:dba /u04/vis_appl
- configure kernel parameters (Edit /etc/sysctl.conf file):

#All below kernel parameters are related to oracle EBS12.2
kernel.msgmnb = 65536
kernel.msgmax = 65536
kernel.shmall = 268435456
kernel.shmmax = 429496729
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 256 32000 100 142
fs.file-max = 327679
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65000
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 4194304

[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# sysctl -p

Now edit /etc/sysctl.conf file for soradba & sapplmgr users,
[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# vi /etc/security/limits.conf

# Oracle-Validated setting for nofile soft limit is 131072
soradba   soft   nofile    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for nofile hard limit is 131072
soradba   hard   nofile    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for nproc soft limit is 131072
soradba   soft   nproc    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for nproc hard limit is 131072
soradba   hard   nproc    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for core soft limit is unlimited
soradba   soft   core    unlimited
# Oracle-Validated setting for core hard limit is unlimited
soradba   hard   core    unlimited
# Oracle-Validated setting for memlock soft limit is 50000000
soradba   soft   memlock    50000000
# Oracle-Validated setting for memlock hard limit is 50000000
soradba   hard   memlock    50000000

# Oracle-Validated setting for nofile soft limit is 131072
sapplmgr   soft   nofile    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for nofile hard limit is 131072
sapplmgr   hard   nofile    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for nproc soft limit is 131072
sapplmgr   soft   nproc    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for nproc hard limit is 131072
sapplmgr   hard   nproc    131072
# Oracle-Validated setting for core soft limit is unlimited
sapplmgr   soft   core    unlimited
# Oracle-Validated setting for core hard limit is unlimited
sapplmgr   hard   core    unlimited
# Oracle-Validated setting for memlock soft limit is 50000000
sapplmgr   soft   memlock    50000000
# Oracle-Validated setting for memlock hard limit is 50000000
sapplmgr   hard   memlock    50000000
- swap memory should be 16GB or more
- Verify /etc/hosts file. It should be configured with fully qualified domain name

- Create Inventory and Grant 775 permission to Inventory directory,
[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# more /etc/oraInst.locinventory_loc=/u04/vis_ora/oraInventory
- Verify that the /etc/sysconfig/network file is formatted as follows:
[root@ed-olerplin1 ~]# more /etc/sysconfig/networkNETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
HOSTNAME=ed-olerplin1.oracle.com

- Create soft link for library as below for 10.1.2 Server:
[root@ed-olerplin1 lib]# ln -s libXtst.so.6.1.0 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6
[root@ed-olerplin1 lib]# ls -ltr /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6
 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 18  2014 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 -> libXtst.so.6.1.0
- Threading model in Linux should be NPTL
[root@ed-olerplin1 lib]#  getconf GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSIONNPTL 2.5
- The following packages should exists on system for a successful Installation.

• openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL5.i386
• xorg-x11-libs-compat-6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1.i386

The following packages must be installed from the Oracle Linux 5.7 distribution media:

• compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138.i386
• compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386
• gcc-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64
• gcc-c++-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64
• glibc-2.5-49.i686 (32-bit)
• glibc-2.5-49.x86_64
• glibc-common-2.5-49.x86_64
• glibc-devel-2.5-49.i386 (32-bit)
• glibc-devel-2.5-49.x86_64
• libgcc-4.1.2-48.el5.i386
• libgcc-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64
• libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-48.el5.i386
• libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64
• libstdc++-4.1.2-48.el5.i386
• libstdc++-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64
• libXi-1.0.1-4.1.i386
• libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386
• libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.x86_64
• libaio-0.3.106-5.i386
• libaio-0.3.106-5.x86_64
• libgomp-4.4.0-6.el5.x86_64
• make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64
• gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.i386
• gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.x86_64
• redhat-lsb-3.1-12.3.EL.0.2.x86_64 (on Red Hat/Oracle Linux 5 Update 7 or 5.7 only)
• sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5.x86_64
• util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5_4.1.x86_64

Additionally, the following RPMs are required for the database tier (running Oracle Database 11gR2):

• compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.x86_64
• elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5.x86_64
• elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137-3.el5.x86_64
• elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.137-3.el5.x86_64
• libaio-devel-0.3.106-5.i386
• libaio-devel-0.3.106-5.x86_64
• unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.i386
• unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.i386


2. Prepare Staging Area

a) Download all required Parts for 'Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.5' from http://edelivery.oracle.com

Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 Rapid Install StartHere (Part 1 of 3) V35215-01 Part 1 of 3 1.3G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 Rapid Install StartHere (Part 2 of 3) V35215-01 Part 2 of 3 81M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 Rapid Install StartHere (Part 3 of 3) V35215-01 Part 3 of 3 97M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0 - Disk 1 (Part 1 of 2) V35230-01 Part 1 of 2 1.3G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0 - Disk 1 (Part 2 of 2) V35230-01 Part 2 of 2 1.1G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0 - Disk 2 (Part 1 of 5) V35231-01 Part 1 of 5 933M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0 - Disk 2 (Part 2 of 5) V35231-01 Part 2 of 5 628M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0 - Disk 2 (Part 3 of 5) V35231-01 Part 3 of 5 587M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0 - Disk 2 (Part 4 of 5) V35231-01 Part 4 of 5 457M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0 - Disk 2 (Part 5 of 5) V35231-01 Part 5 of 5 108M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install AS10.1.2 V35802-01 711M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 1 (Part 1 of 3) V35803-01 Part 1 of 3 1.2G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 1 (Part 2 of 3) V35803-01 Part 2 of 3 1.0G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 1 (Part 3 of 3) V35803-01 Part 3 of 3 1.4G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 2 (Part 1 of 2) V35804-01 Part 1 of 2 1.2G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 2 (Part 2 of 2) V35804-01 Part 2 of 2 1.6G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases PROD - Disk 1 (Part 1 of 2) V35805-01 Part 1 of 2 1.4G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases PROD - Disk 1 (Part 2 of 2) V35805-01 Part 2 of 2 1.3G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases PROD - Disk 2 (Part 1 of 3) V35806-01 Part 1 of 3 1.4G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases PROD - Disk 2 (Part 2 of 3) V35806-01 Part 2 of 3 1.1G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases PROD - Disk 2 (Part 3 of 3) V35806-01 Part 3 of 3 1.0G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases VISION - Disk 1 V35807-01 3.2G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases VISION - Disk 2 V35808-01 2.9G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases VISION - Disk 3 V35809-01 2.9G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases VISION - Disk 4 V35810-01 2.8G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases VISION - Disk 5 V35811-01 2.6G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases VISION - Disk 6 V35812-01 2.3G
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Technology one-off Patches V35813-01 730M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 Update Pack for Linux x86 (Part 1 of 6) V37515-01 Part 1 of 6 428M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 Update Pack for Linux x86 (Part 2 of 6) V37515-01 Part 2 of 6 449M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 Update Pack for Linux x86 (Part 3 of 6) V37515-01 Part 3 of 6 440M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 Update Pack for Linux x86 (Part 4 of 6) V37515-01 Part 4 of 6 514M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 Update Pack for Linux x86 (Part 5 of 6) V37515-01 Part 5 of 6 442M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 Update Pack for Linux x86 (Part 6 of 6) V37515-01 Part 6 of 6 355M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 Documentation Library V39571-01 626M
Download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 Supplemental Media V39615-01 57M
Oracle Fusion Middleware Web Tier Utilities 11g Patch Set 5 (11.1.1.6.0) for Linux x86-64 V29764-01 1.6G
Download Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.6) Generic and Coherence V29856-01 1.0G

 

b) Now Unzip startHere CD for getting buildStage.sh
- Create directory for stageR1225
- unzip parts of StartHere CD in stageR1225 Staging directory

c) Execute bulildStage.sh script for creating Stage as below,
[root@ed-olerplin1 stageR1225]# cd /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin
[root@ed-olerplin1 stageR1225]# ./buildStage.sh
                      Build Stage Menu
   ------------------------------------------------------
   1.     Create new stage area
   2.     Copy patches to existing stage area
   3.     List files in TechPatches directory
   4.     Exit menu
   Enter your choice [4]: 1

                      Build Stage Menu
   ------------------------------------------------------
   1.     Create new stage area
   2.     Copy patches to existing stage area
   3.     List files in TechPatches directory
   4.     Exit menu

     Enter your choice [4]: 2

Running command:
/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jre/Linux_x64/1.6.0/bin/java -classpath /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/emocmutl.jar:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/ewt-3_4_22.jar:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/share-1_1_18.jar:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/jnls.jar:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/ACC.JAR:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/netcfg.jar:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/ojdbc14.jar:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/OraInstaller.jar:/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jlib/java oracle.apps.ad.rapidwiz.util.StageBuilder /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin Linux_x64 Linux_x64

Specify the directory containing the zipped installation media: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5
File list:
/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/stageData/zipFiles.dat
The set of zip files is complete.
Unzip command is: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/unzip/Linux_x64/unzip -o
Unzipping V35802-01.zip
Unzipping V35803-01_1of3.zip
Unzipping V35803-01_2of3.zip
Unzipping V35803-01_3of3.zip
Unzipping V35804-01_1of2.zip
Unzipping V35804-01_2of2.zip
Unzipping V46095-01_1of2.zip
Unzipping V46095-01_2of2.zip
Unzipping V100059-01_1of2.zip
Unzipping V100059-01_2of2.zip
Unzipping V100060-01_1of3.zip
Unzipping V100060-01_2of3.zip
Unzipping V100060-01_3of3.zip
Unzipping V100053-01_1of2.zip
Unzipping V100053-01_2of2.zip
Unzipping V100054-01.zip
Unzipping V100055-01.zip
Unzipping V100056-01.zip
Unzipping V100057-01.zip
Unzipping V100058-01.zip
Unzipping V100061-01.zip
Unzipping V100102-01.zip
Unzipping V75792-01.zip
Unzipping V29856-01.zip
Unzip command is: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/unzip/Linux_x64/unzip -o
All files have been unzipped successfully.
Stage area is confirmed to be complete.
Command = cp /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/V100061-01.zip /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/stageData/epdFiles/epdLinux_x64.zip
 Finished unzipping shiphome.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/TechPatches
Unzipping Oracle Software Delivery Cloud one-off patches...
Command: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../unzip/Linux_x64/unzip -o /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/stageData/epdFiles/epdLinux_x64.zip -d /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/..Press Enter to continue...
Unzipping Oracle Software Delivery Cloud one-off patches...
Command: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../unzip/Linux_x64/unzip -o /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/stageData/epdFiles/epdLinux_x64.zip -d /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/..Press Enter to continue...
Archive:  /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/stageData/epdFiles/epdLinux_x64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/14272383/p14272383_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/20484781/p20484781_111190_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/14577216/p14577216_101231_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/16241466/p16241466_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/13579719/p13579719_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/12949905/p12949905_10105_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/20474010/p20474010_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17284368/p17284368_111190_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/14825718/p14825718_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/10152652/p10152652_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17319481/p17319481_103607_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17645157/p17645157_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/4047619/p4047619_10105_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/16271876/p16271876_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/7572595/p7572595_111070_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17495356/p17495356_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17572726/p17572726_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/15900214/p15900214_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17303472/p17303472_101232_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/6880880/p6880880_111000_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/14029881/p14029881_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/13417321/p13417321_111070_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/13417321/p13417321_10105_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/8528194/p8528194_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/14621810/p14621810_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/16209520/p16209520_10123_GENERIC.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17893334/p17893334_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/19434967/p19434967_101232_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17653437/p17653437_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/13964737/p13964737_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/11669923/p11669923_10123_GENERIC.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/11781879/p11781879_103607_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/14353879/p14353879_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/11835003/p11835003_R12_GENERIC.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/13642485/p13642485_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/18620223/p18620223_101232_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/16778382/p16778382_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/16275529/p16275529_10105_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/13729611/p13729611_103607_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/19600486/p19600486_1036_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/19687084/p19687084_103607_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17339725/p17339725_R12_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/8943095/p8943095_10123_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/7695070/p7695070_111070_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/5659594/p5659594_10123_GENERIC.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/12873715/p12873715_R12_GENERIC.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/14374587/p14374587_10123_GENERIC.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/20922780/p20922780_111190_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/MiddleTier/17239083/p17239083_R12_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/17257305/p17257305_R12_LINUX.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/20798891/p20798891_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/20830911/p20830911_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/18893947/p18893947_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/19472320/p19472320_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/22223463/p22223463_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/20181016/p20181016_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/19896336/p19896336_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/20093776/p20093776_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/20294666/p20294666_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/19779059/p19779059_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/20204035/p20204035_121020_Generic.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/21153266/p21153266_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 extracting: /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatches/../TechPatches/DB/20887355/p20887355_121020_Generic.zip
Finished unzipping Oracle Software Delivery Cloud one-off patches.Press Enter to continue...
Stage Builder will now stage the one-off patches for Linux_x64...
Press Enter to continue...
Copying latest one-off patches to stage area...
Running command:
/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../unzip/Linux_x64/unzip -o /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../Xpatches/Linux_x64.zip -d /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatchesPress Enter to continue...
Copying latest one-off patches to stage area...
Running command:
/mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../unzip/Linux_x64/unzip -o /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../Xpatches/Linux_x64.zip -d /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechPatchesPress Enter to continue...
Archive:  /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../Xpatches/Linux_x64.zip
Finished copying additional patches.
 Verifying stage area...
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/TechInstallMedia is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/TechPatches/DB is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/TechPatches/MiddleTier is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/EBSInstallMedia/AppDB is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/EBSInstallMedia/Apps is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/EBSInstallMedia/AS10.1.2 is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/TechInstallMedia/database is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/TechInstallMedia/ohs11119 is valid.
Directory /mysoftwareDump/R12.2.5/TechInstallMedia/wls1036_generic is valid.
Stage area verified.Press Enter to continue...

                      Build Stage Menu
   ------------------------------------------------------
   1.     Create new stage area
   2.     Copy patches to existing stage area
   3.     List files in TechPatches directory
   4.     Exit menu
 Enter your choice [4]:
Stage Builder exiting...

[root@ed-olerplin1 stageR1225]# pwd
/u01/sw/R12.2.5/stageR1225
[root@ed-olerplin1 stageR1225]# ls -ltr
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Dec 30 18:09 TechPatches
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 May 30 15:56 startCD
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Jun  5 16:06 EBSInstallMedia
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Jun  5 16:14 TechInstallMedia
[root@ed-olerplin1 stageR1225]# ls
EBSInstallMedia  startCD  TechInstallMedia  TechPatches

[root@ed-olerplin1 stageR1225]# du -sh *
32G     EBSInstallMedia
2.7G    startCD
6.3G    TechInstallMedia
842M    TechPatches

3. Install Oracle EBS R12.2 software

Now start the EBS 12.2 installation by running rapidwiz utility as root user.
[root@ed-olerplin1 stageR1225]# ./rapidwiz

Screen 1: Welcome Screen

 

Screen 2: Select Radio Button "Install Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0"  

Screen 3: Oracle Configuration Manager Details

 Screen 4: Select Radio Button "Create a new Configuration"

Screen 5: Global System Settings. This is the new option introduced in R12.2, you can select different ports on 2 File systems i.e., for the Dual File System.

It is important to distinguish between the Dual file system (fs1 or fs2) itself and its current role, which alternates between 'patch' and 'run' with every patching cycle.

Along with fs1 and fs2, there needs to be a non-editioned file system  (fs_ne), which is used to store files containing data that is needed across all file systems.
The non-editioned file system is designed to store files which will never be changed by run and patch file system life cycles.The most notable examples of this are transactional data and certain log files.

Screen 6: Database Node details

 

 Screen 7: Primary Applicaiton Node Configuration

 Screen 8: Application User Information

 Screen 9: Nodes Information

Screen 10: Validate System Configuration

Screen 11: Component Installation Review

Screen 12: Installation in Progress

 Screen 13: Validate Completed Installation

 Screen 14: Finish screen

4. Verify Installation:  Now we can launch the application URL http://ed-olerplin1.oracle.com:8010

Login to Weblogic Console to verify middle layer services:
In VIS_ed-olerplin1.xml context file check the value for 's_wls_adminport' variable to get the weblogic console port. Context file is in /u01/vis_ora/fs1/inst/apps/VIS_oiamsrv1/appl/admin directory.
<wls_adminport oa_var="s_wls_adminport" oa_type="PORT" base="7001" step="1" range="-1" label="WLS Admin Server Port">7011</wls_adminport>

From EBS Application you can start the Weblogic Console as follows,
System Administrator (Responsibility)-->Oracle Applications Manager-->Hosts (Link)-->Site Map-->Monitoring (Tab)-->Weblogic Administration Console

URL: http://ed-olerplin1.oracle.com:7011/console
Login as weblogic user.
All middle Tier services are now managed in weblogic domain "EBS_domain_VIS" (New option - R12.2)

[sapplmgr@ed-olerplin1 scripts]$ cd /u04/vis_ora/fs1/inst/apps/VIS_ed-olerplin1/admin/scripts
[sapplmgr@ed-olerplin1 scripts]$ sh adopmnctl.sh status -l
You are running adopmnctl.sh version 120.0.12020000.2
Checking status of OPMN managed processes...
Processes in Instance: EBS_web_VIS_OHS1
---------------------------------+--------------------+---------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+------
ias-component                    | process-type       |     pid | status   |        uid |  memused |    uptime | ports
---------------------------------+--------------------+---------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+------
EBS_web_VIS                      | OHS                |   18286 | Alive    | 1084369315 |   476456 |  61:11:30 | https:4453,https:10009,http:8010
adopmnctl.sh: exiting with status 0
adopmnctl.sh: check the logfile /u04/vis_ora/fs1/inst/apps/VIS_ed-olerplin1/logs/appl/admin/log/adopmnctl.txt for more information ...

Note that in above output, when we check status of opmn process its just listing the domain of weblogic server (New Option - R12.2)

I hope this article is helpful to you to prepare an EBS 12.2 Vision Instance. 
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